George and I got off from our horses, tied them on their place and went in the church. As it was supposed to be, the church was quite. There was no one around so George and I decided to separate and look around,  I remembered the way while George had to look around on his own. The first place that came in my mind was the garden so I headed there but oddly Andrew wasn’t there, on the contrary the head priest was there. He looked at me trying to pull his best smile on his face to greet me,hypocrite.

“My greetings. I didn’t know the prince was the religious type like his father or maybe you are here for another reason? “ he said underlining the last part.

He hates me and that wasclear but now it’s even confirmed.

“I am the soon to be king ,It’s my job to know how everything is going, including the church.  I am sure you are willing to have me anytime, aren’t you?” I said raising my right eyebrow.

The old man just nodded quietly and bowed lightly before leaving.

Great, he knows his place. Why does it have to be so complicated? Isn’t he over protective over my little lamb? He looks grown up ,how old is he by the way? Since he is not in the garden, he must be in the library. I went to the library and found him sitting on a desk immerged in the book he was reading. I walked to him and sat in front of him but he still didn’t look up. Is he a book worm? What’s so interesting about this book that he didn’t even notice my presence? I immediately pulled his book away from his hands and closed it to read the title. So he is reading this shit? “the Roman Missal”, one of the primary liturgical books. This explains why there is a pile of more books with the same book cover as this books next to him.

“My greetings but my book-“, he said but I cut him off as soon as he spoke.

“You are not going to waste your time reading this shit, are you?”,I said perfectly knowing the answer.

“You mustn’t talk like this about books related to religion. It’s a sin”, he said expressionless.

I was surprised at the reaction that he gave me,this is absolutely not what I expected. Any monk or priest would have gotten angry at me but he looked calm. It wasn’t like this when I pulled him in my room for sure. Don’t tell me he embarrassed and this is why he is acting like this?

“What are you going to do after reading?” I asked to break the ice once again.

“Pray” ,he said.

Is he even living his life? Oh yes! I have to ask him his age

“By the way I am 24, how old are you?”,I said.

I reckon he is 22 or 23 for sure.

No answer,is he ignoring me? Fine, I’ll make you talk to me forcefully then.

“I am sure that the high priest doesn’t know that you sneaked out,am I right?,I said crossing my arms

He looked up at me shocked,he started figeting with his fingers.

“Please don’t tell him,he already told me to stay away from you”,he said in a tone I could barely hear.

Oh,so it was the old man who made him act like this.

“I won’t tell if you answer to my questions”, I said smirking.

He gulped and then finally nodded saying.”19,my age”.

My smirk disappeared ,he is younger than how he looks.I got tricked’,I thought as I passed my hand through my hair.

“Great”, I said.